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Native American and pioneer sites of upstate New York : westward trails from Albany to Buffalo /
- Title
- Native American and pioneer sites of upstate New York : westward trails from Albany to Buffalo / Lorna Czarnota.
- Author
- Czarnota, Lorna,
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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- Description
- 175 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Prior to the Revolutionary War, everything west of Albany was wilderness. Safer travel and the promise of land opened this frontier. The interaction between European settlers and Native Americans transformed New York, and the paths they walked still bear the footprints of their experiences, like the shrine to Kateri Tekakwitha in Fonda. Industry and invention flourished along these routes, as peace sparked imagination, allowing for art and the freedom to explore new ideologies, some inspired by Native American culture. The Latter Rain Movement took hold in the heart of the Burned-Over District. Utopian communities and playgrounds for the wealthy appeared and vanished; all that remains of the Oneida Community is its Mansion House. Follow New York's westward trails - the Erie Canal and Routes 5 and 20 - that opened the west to the United States, beginning in Albany and moving westward to Buffalo."--back cover.
- Subjects
- Trails
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
- Upstate New York (N.Y.) > History, Local
- Trails > New York (State) > Upstate New York > History
- New York (State) > Upstate New York
- Local history
- History
- HISTORY / Native American
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Local history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
- Contents
- Roads to a brave new world -- Gateways to the West -- Valley of the Mohawk and the Jesuit missionaries -- A new face in the valley -- The Revolutionary War enters the peaceful Mohawk Valley -- Also of the valley -- Healing waters -- Utopias and playgrounds of the rich -- On the road to freedom -- The Finger Lakes Region -- Valley of the Genesee -- Batavia and beyond --
- ISBN
- 9781626192904
- 1626192901
- LCCN
- 2014005158
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library